The best case scenario is that you’ll become a one-hit wonder, able to pull off your fancy technique once in a while when everything is going your way perfectly. If you become a trend chaser and start try to master every latest-and-greatest berimbolo variation that shows up at the BJJ Mundials then you’re probably not going to build a very strong foundation for your game. In the beginning you should NOT work on these techniques – that time will come, but for now you’ll be best served by drilling the basic techniques you’ll use every time you roll throughout your entire BJJ career. Rolling passes against inverted guard and other passes for sport-specific BJJ styles of guard for example. There are many advanced techniques useful for very specific situations. So you’ve got some decisions to make about which techniques to learn and focus on…īut just as important, is figuring out which techniques to avoid when you’re a beginner. But I really want to start tapping out some blue belts!” “Escapes, posture and defence are all fine. “I saw this Youtube video with this really cool rolling knee bar and I want to learn that!” “I watched a tournament and all of the guys were trying to do the berimbolo…”

“My buddy is a blue belt and always does this move against me…” So where then do you start? Which techniques should you concentrate on to get as good as possible as FAST as possible? Conflicting advice will come from many different directions… There are a thousand variations of sweeps and locks and chokes and pins and escapes and guard passes. What’s the most common problem (aside from getting caught under side control) facing the BJJ beginner? It’s probably feeling overwhelmed by the staggering number of techniques that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu contains! The Submission Formula, with Rob Biernacki and Stephan Kesting.The Guard Retention Formula with Rory Van Vliet and Stephan Kesting.Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book by Brandon Mullins and Stephan Kesting.Omoplata 2.0, Your Complete System for the Most Versatile Submission in Jiu-Jitsu.Gyaku Ude Garami ('reverse elbow entanglement', referencing its mechanism) is a Judo armlock that received notoriety for its use by Masahiko Kimura and has hence been renamed the 'Kimura'īelow is a partial list of techniques categorized by type.Sode guruma jime ('sleeve wheel constriction', referencing its mechanism) is a judo choke made famous by Ezequiel Paraguassu and as such was renamed the 'Ezequiel choke'.Unlike its direct predecessor judo, which categorizes techniques on the basis of mechanism, Brazilian jiu jitsu techniques are frequently eponyms, which leads to confusion among practitioners. worm guard, inverted guard) have been developed, setting it apart from its predecessors. In recent times however, technical innovations exclusive to Brazilian jiu jitsu (e.g. Many of these martial arts including Brazilian jiu jitsu's parent art of judo, was itself a collection of adopted techniques from other older forms of martial arts before developing unique techniques. Due to its status as an eclectic martial art, much controversy surrounds the renaming of techniques derived from other martial arts. Brazilian jiu jitsu initially consisted of judo katame-waza (newaza) techniques, but has since evolved to encompass a far greater variety by absorbing techniques from amateur wrestling, catch wrestling, sambo, and Japanese jujitsu (not to be confused with Brazilian jiu jitsu). JSTOR ( August 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this message)īrazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) does not have an established canon (formalized set of techniques), with significant regional variation seen in both application and naming.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'List of Brazilian jiu-jitsu techniques' – news

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